Arizona FIRST LEGO League 2013 State Championship Award Winners
1st place Champion’s award
Everyday Heroes, Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies (Mesa)
Lego Foundation Grant funded team
Cobratrons, Somerton Middle School (Somerton)
* Everyday Heroes and the Cobratrons earned invitations to the LEGO World Festival in St. Louis in April 2014.
2nd place Champion’s award
Pink Pansies, neighborhood group (Mesa)
3rd place Champion’s award
Legocy, neighborhood group (Mesa)
Judge’s Award
Neon Ninjas, Pueblo Del Sol Elementary School (Sierra Vista)
Core Values Awards
Gracious Professionalism Award
Devil’s Fury 3, ASU Preparatory Academy (Mesa)
Inspiration Award
Naturally Disastrous, Veritas Homeschool (Tempe)
Teamwork Award
Payneful Robotics, Payne Junior High School (Mesa)
Project Awards
Innovative Solution Award
Questioneers, neighborhood group (Scottsdale)
Presentation Award
Girls on Fire, Arizona School for the Arts (Phoenix)
Research Award
Brickheads, Phoenix
Robot Awards
1st place Robot Performance Award
Everyday Heroes, Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies (Mesa)
2nd place Robot Performance Award
Team Toxic, Sonoran Science Academy (Tucson)
3rd place Robot Performance Award
Beep Patrol, 4-H group (Tolleson)
Strategy and Innovation Award
Beep Patrol, 4-H group (Tolleson)
Programming Award
Battle Bots, Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies (Mesa)
Mechanical Design Award
Mustangs, Rancho Solano Preparatory School (Gilbert)
Robot showcase Award
Pink Pansies, neighborhood group (Mesa)
Additional Awards
Coach of the Year
Demetrius Comes, Robospies (Chandler)
Youth Mentors of the Year
Emma Galligan and Khalid Ahmad, Team Toxic, Sonoran Science Academy (Tucson)
Outstanding Volunteer Award
Richard Kale, ASU engineering student
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